MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.21,-95.90 Latitude: 45.21 Longitude: -95.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 65 SFC 971 330 30.1 26.6 82 3.4 27.4 135 4 305.8 310.1 301.5 375.7 23.15 2 950 519 29.5 23.5 70 6.1 25.0 155 9 307.1 310.8 299.8 366.0 19.48 3 900 1001 25.7 21.6 78 4.0 22.7 178 11 308.0 311.4 299.4 363.7 18.39 4 850 1502 21.5 20.0 91 1.6 20.4 193 10 308.7 312.0 299.1 362.0 17.54 5 800 2029 20.8 12.6 59 8.3 15.3 231 13 313.4 315.6 296.4 349.0 11.53 6 750 2587 20.2 2.5 31 17.7 9.8 235 21 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.1 6.11 7 700 3177 15.8 -1.3 31 17.2 6.4 235 25 320.0 321.0 293.3 336.0 4.96 8 650 3800 10.5 -4.2 35 14.7 2.9 238 26 320.8 321.6 293.0 334.8 4.30 9 600 4459 4.7 -6.5 44 11.2 -0.7 247 26 321.5 322.3 292.9 334.4 3.91 10 550 5160 -1.9 -7.7 64 5.9 -4.6 256 20 321.9 322.6 293.0 334.6 3.89 11 500 5909 -8.5 -11.4 80 2.9 -9.7 261 17 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.3 3.20 12 450 6716 -15.0 -22.6 52 7.6 -17.1 270 28 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.1 1.38 13 400 7598 -19.7 -35.5 23 15.8 -22.6 276 35 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.47 14 350 8574 -27.2 -40.3 28 13.0 -29.0 269 37 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.33 15 300 9664 -36.0 -47.9 28 11.9 -37.0 268 40 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.3 0.17 16 250 10903 -46.1 -49.9 65 3.8 -46.3 266 41 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12351 -55.8 -63.9 35 8.1 -56.0 265 37 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14156 -60.1 -74.9 13 14.9 -60.3 265 50 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16688 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.7 247 15 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.38 m Freezing level: 564.31 mb = 4959.32 m = 16270.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4320.07 m = 14173.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.03 mb = 765.96 m = 2512.97 ft T: 27.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 41.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2741.95 m = 8995.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.06 C = 109.50 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -10.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: -9.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 28.46 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4610.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1373.56 m = 4506.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.56 mb = 3575.78 m = 11731.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.56 mb = 14258.75 m = 46780.11 ft B at Equ Level: 4575.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.09 Bulk Rich Number: 96.14 Bulk Shear: 47.96 m/s